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  2. Criminal Justice Act 1988 - Wikipedia

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    The title of this Act is: . An Act to make fresh provision for extradition; to amend the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; to provide for the reference by the Attorney General of certain questions relating to sentencing to the Court of Appeal; to amend the law with regard to the jurisdiction and powers of criminal courts, the collection, enforcement and remission of fines imposed by ...

  3. Common assault - Wikipedia

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    Common assault is an offence in English law.It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant.In England and Wales, the penalty and mode of trial for this offence is provided by section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

  4. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Wikipedia

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    This means that sections 227 and 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (which relate to extended sentences) apply where a person is convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, committed after the commencement of section 227 or 228 (as the case may be) and the court considers that there is a significant risk to members of the public of ...

  5. Criminal Justice Act - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) The Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71) The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 27) The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5) The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

  6. Offensive weapon - Wikipedia

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    The weapons this section applies to relate to are listed under Schedule 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988. [11] Exemptions are provided for weapons over 100 years old from the time of the offence [12] as well as crossbows and anything under the Firearms Act 1968. [9]

  7. Assault - Wikipedia

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    The terms "assault" and "common assault" often encompass the separate offence of battery, even in statutory settings such as section 40(3)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33). A common assault is an assault that lacks any of the aggravating features which Parliament has deemed serious enough to deserve a higher penalty.

  8. Battery (crime) - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, battery is a summary offence under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. However, by virtue of section 40, it can be tried on indictment where another indictable offence is also charged which is founded on the same facts or together with which it forms part of a series of offences of similar character.

  9. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1988

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    An Act to make provision for repeals (including a repeal to give effect to a recommendation of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission), consequential amendments, transitional and transitory matters and savings in connection with the consolidation of enactments in the Road Traffic Act 1988 [aa] and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 ...